Seth Eliot Vatsky, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Attending Radiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Radiologist, Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Radiologist, Chester County Hospital, Department of Radiology, West Chester, PA
Associate Director, Quality Improvement (QI) and Patient Safety, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Interventional Radiology (IR), Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Staff Radiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Radiology
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-7116
Fax: 267-426-5275
Fax: 267-426-5275
Email:
vatskys@chop.edu
vatskys@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Natural Resource Management (High Honors))
Rutgers University, Cook College, 1999.
BS (Exercise Science (High Honors))
Rutgers University, Cook College, 1999.
DO (Osteopathic Medicine)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), 2007.
Permanent linkBS (Natural Resource Management (High Honors))
Rutgers University, Cook College, 1999.
BS (Exercise Science (High Honors))
Rutgers University, Cook College, 1999.
DO (Osteopathic Medicine)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), 2007.
Selected Publications
Fox M, Kumar S, Britt AD, Srinivasan A, Surrey LF, Vatsky SE, Borst AJ, Hakonarson H, Li D, Sheppard SE, Snyder K, Adams D.: Expansion of the Phenotype of Lymphatic Anomalies Caused by Somatic Activating BRAF Variant. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. Wiley, 72(11): e32015, November 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.22541/au.174262160.06182738/v1.Tasian GE, Chu DI, Nelson CP, DeFoor WR, Ziemba JB, Huang J, Luan X, Kurtz M, Ching CB, Dangle P, Schaeffer AJ, Sturm R, Wu W, Bayne C, Fernandez N, Chua ME, DeMarco R, Ellsworth P, Augelli B, Bi-Karchin J, McCune RD, Vatsky S, Back S, Wang Z, Beck H, Kurth A, Kurth L, Pleskoff A, Forrest CB, Ellison JS; PKIDS Care Improvement Network; Rove K, Sparks S, Nelson E, Schlomer B, Krill A, Tong CMC, Taylor A, Ramachandra P, Stec A, Casale P, Coplen D, Janzen N, Bagley K, Denburg MR, Dickinson K, Laberee R, Lorenzo M, Selman-Fermin A, Dos Santos J, Grant C, Kraft K, Meenakshi-Sundaram B.: Ureteroscopy vs Shockwave Lithotripsy to Remove Kidney Stones in Children and Adolescents: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open 8(8): e2525789, August 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.25789.
Echols TC, Britt A, Vatsky SE, Sheppard SE, Pukenas BA, Borst AJ.: Unusual Presentation of Coronary Artery Fistula in Capillary Malformation Arteriovenous Malformation 2 Syndrome: A Case Report. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 197(7): e64041, July 2025.
Matsumoto M, Feygin T, Zarnow D, Vatsky S, Srinivasan A, Cahill AM.: Cervical lymphatic malformations versus cystic teratomas: Comparing prenatal characteristics and postnatal outcomes. Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course, Honolulu, HI April 2025 Notes: Oral presentation.
Ellison J, Chu D, Nelson C, DeFoor WR, Ziemba J, Huang J, Luan X, Kurtz M, Ching C, Dangle P, Schaeffer A, Sturm R, Wu W, Bayne C, Fernandez N, Chua M, DeMarco R, Ellsworth P, Augelli B, Bi-Karchin J, McCune R, Vatsky S, Back S, Wang Z, Beck H, Kurth A, Kurth L, Pleskoff A, Rove K, Sparks S, Nelson E, Schlomer B, Krill A, Tong CMC, Taylor A, Ramachandra P, Stec A, Casale P, Coplen D, Janzen N, Bagley K, Denburg M, Dickinson K, Laberee R, Lorenzo M, Selman-Fermin A, Dos Santos J, Grant C, Kraft K, Meenakshi-Sundaram B, Forrest C, Tasian G.: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus ureteroscopy for kidney stones in children. JAMA Network Open April 2025 Notes: In press April 2025; Pending as of August 2025.
Schoeman S, Gaballah M, Worede F, Srinivasan A, Meyers K, Kogon A, Fairman A, Vatsky S, Escobar F, Mazza D, Krishnamurthy G, Cajigas-Loyola S, Cahill AM.: Cutting balloon angioplasty for resistant pediatric renal artery stenosis: A single institutional experience. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology February 2025 Notes: Accepted as of February 2025; Pending as of August 2025.
Schoeman S, Pukenas B, Escobar F, Acord M, Cajigas-Loyola S, Vatsky S.: Transradial cerebral angiography in the neonate and infant: a case series. Journal of neurointerventional surgery January 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1136/jnis-2024-022754; Online ahead of print as of August 2025.
Schoeman S, Cahill AM, Cajigas-Loyola S, Acord M, Escobar F, Krishnamurthy G, Srinivasan A, Vatsky S.: Pediatric interventional radiology experiences in the treatment of Morel-Lavallee lesions: Treatment variability and outcomes. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL December 2024 Notes: Oral presentation.
Moorthy G, Alsaikhan N, Rand E, Russo P, Acord M, Krishnamurthy G, Escobar F, Vatsky S, Cahill AM, Srinivasan A.: Cholecysto-cholangiographic Patterns in Patients with Suspected Biliary Atresia. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL December 2024 Notes: Oral presentation.
Cahill AM, Schoeman S, Srinivasan A, Krishnamurthy G, Mazza D, Escobar F, Cajigas-Loyola S, Vatsky S, Fairman A, Kogon A, Meyers K, Worede F, Gaballah M.: First-in-children experience with a novel pediatric ultrasound guided gastrostomy method using the PUMA-G Pediatric System. Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology (SPIR) International Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Oct 2024 Notes: *Pioneers Award; Poster presentation.